Posts Tagged 'ERP'

Here’s some interesting research published earlier this year on the software as a service (SaaS) market: Siemer and Associates Summer 2013 SaaS Industry Report. It includes useful regional projections as well as a breakdown by application categories: CRM, ERP, HRM. The appendix also outlines the key SaaS metrics and includes some public company comparables as well as financing and transactions.

I hosted a webinar this week with a CRM developer, Salesforce.com-focused systems integrator and cloud integration expert who provided a demonstration of Informatica Cloud. The focus of the discussion was the importance of data integration to CRM adoption and success in manufacturing. Here is the recording and the slides.

The Informatica Cloud team hosted a webinar after Dreamforce 2011 to review the topic of cloud integration and share some of the insights from event. We also jumped into a comprehensive demonstration of Salesforce data integration in action. Here’s the recording:

No big surprises here, but the article also provides some solid recommendations for source executives, “in light of increased SaaS adoption.”

“Sourcing executives must prepare for a hybrid landscapewhere SaaS co-exists with on-premise and hosted solutions, with many new vendors in the overall software portfolio. To navigate this complex environment, sourcing professionals should consider weighing the valuable aspects of SaaS — such as functionality, community, and accessibility — with risk elements — like vendor viability, vendor lock-in, and security.”